The Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006 amends, updates and improves various aspects of Scottish family law, as well as introducing important new provisions for cohabiting couples. This book contains the text of the substantive provisions together with Professor Norrie's expert commentary - making it an excellent companion to the new Act for all those who need to know about family law and understand the impact of the new legislation.

Egypt just before political eruption Turns of the century in Africa's northeastern corner have been critical moments, ushering in overt popular activism in the hope of radical political redirection " -- as this volume's focus on Egypt's 19th-century fin-de-siecle demonstrates. This period witnessed crisscrossing and conflicting political currents as well as fluctuating economic, geopolitical, social and demographic conditions and cultural processes. Like Egypt's 20th-century fin-de-siecle, much of this ferment was a prelude to the more visible and politically eruptive events of the next...